ForeignType -- abstract foreign type

Description

This is the abstract class from which all other foreign type classes should inherit. All ForeignType objects should have, at minimum, two key-value pairs:

Name, a string, a human-readable name of the class for display purposes, used by net(ForeignType).
Address, a pointer, a pointer to the corresponding ffi_type object, used by address(ForeignType).

Types of foreign type :

ForeignArrayType -- foreign array type
ForeignIntegerType -- foreign integer type
ForeignPointerArrayType -- foreign type for NULL-terminated arrays of pointers
ForeignPointerType -- foreign pointer type
ForeignRealType -- foreign real type
ForeignStringType -- foreign string type
ForeignStructType -- foreign struct type
ForeignUnionType -- foreign union type
ForeignVoidType -- foreign void type

Methods that use a foreign type :

address(ForeignType) -- see address -- pointer to type or object
foreignArrayType(ForeignType,ZZ) -- see foreignArrayType -- construct a foreign array type
foreignArrayType(String,ForeignType,ZZ) -- see foreignArrayType -- construct a foreign array type
ForeignType * ZZ -- see foreignArrayType -- construct a foreign array type
ZZ * ForeignType -- see foreignArrayType -- construct a foreign array type
foreignFunction(Pointer,String,ForeignType,VisibleList) -- see foreignFunction -- construct a foreign function
foreignFunction(SharedLibrary,String,ForeignType,ForeignType) -- see foreignFunction -- construct a foreign function
foreignFunction(SharedLibrary,String,ForeignType,VisibleList) -- see foreignFunction -- construct a foreign function
foreignFunction(String,ForeignType,ForeignType) -- see foreignFunction -- construct a foreign function
foreignFunction(String,ForeignType,VisibleList) -- see foreignFunction -- construct a foreign function
foreignPointerArrayType(ForeignType) -- see foreignPointerArrayType -- construct a foreign pointer array type
foreignPointerArrayType(String,ForeignType) -- see foreignPointerArrayType -- construct a foreign pointer array type
foreignSymbol(SharedLibrary,String,ForeignType) -- see foreignSymbol -- get a foreign symbol
foreignSymbol(String,ForeignType) -- see foreignSymbol -- get a foreign symbol
net(ForeignType)
ForeignType * voidstar -- dereference a voidstar object
ForeignType ForeignObject -- cast a foreign object to the given foreign type
ForeignType Pointer -- dereference a pointer
getMemory(ForeignType) -- see getMemory -- allocate memory using the garbage collector
new ForeignType (missing documentation)
size(ForeignType) -- size of a foreign type

Fixed objects of class ForeignType :

char' -- see ForeignIntegerType -- foreign integer type
int -- see ForeignIntegerType -- foreign integer type
int8 -- see ForeignIntegerType -- foreign integer type
int16 -- see ForeignIntegerType -- foreign integer type
int32 -- see ForeignIntegerType -- foreign integer type
int64 -- see ForeignIntegerType -- foreign integer type
long -- see ForeignIntegerType -- foreign integer type
short -- see ForeignIntegerType -- foreign integer type
uchar -- see ForeignIntegerType -- foreign integer type
uint -- see ForeignIntegerType -- foreign integer type
uint8 -- see ForeignIntegerType -- foreign integer type
uint16 -- see ForeignIntegerType -- foreign integer type
uint32 -- see ForeignIntegerType -- foreign integer type
uint64 -- see ForeignIntegerType -- foreign integer type
ulong -- see ForeignIntegerType -- foreign integer type
ushort -- see ForeignIntegerType -- foreign integer type
charstarstar -- see ForeignPointerArrayType -- foreign type for NULL-terminated arrays of pointers
voidstarstar -- see ForeignPointerArrayType -- foreign type for NULL-terminated arrays of pointers
voidstar -- see ForeignPointerType -- foreign pointer type
double -- see ForeignRealType -- foreign real type
float -- see ForeignRealType -- foreign real type
charstar -- see ForeignStringType -- foreign string type
void -- see ForeignVoidType -- foreign void type
mpfrT -- MPFR multiple-precision floating-point type
mpzT -- GMP arbitrary-precision integer type

For the programmer

The object ForeignType is a type, with ancestor classes Type < MutableHashTable < HashTable < Thing.